Today is a crucial period for the industrialupgrading and strategic transition of the coat-ings sector in China.A series of policies fo-cusing on energy conservation and pollutantreduction have recently been issued.Impactsof the international economic condition on thecoatings sector in China have also becomemore intensive.The coatings sector is there-fore experiencing deep-going industrial restruc-turing and new development orientation. Today is a crucial period for the industrial upgrading and strategic transition of the coat-ings sector in China. A series of policies fo-cusing on energy conservation and pollutant reduction have recently been issued. Facts of the international economic condition on the coating sector in China have also becomemore intensive.The coatings sector is there-fore experiencing deep-going industrial restruc-turing and new development orientation.